Welcome to the February 2009 Informal Picture of the Month Poll showcasingHistorical Royal Portraits

In this month's poll we have some historical portraits of royalty from our Picture of the Month Committees.

The monthly informal polls will highlight the un-official/historical and rarely seen side of royalty as opposed to the formal side of royalty.

The informal polls will consist of pictures that show a royal or some aspect of royal life historical or present that is more candid than our formal polls.

If you have any ideas or suggestions for future polls you can contact LadyK or Empress.

This month, our Picture of the Month representatives had help in selecting their images with a small committee of their choosing. Below, you can see each royal house's representative (in bold) followed by their chosen committee members.

Belgium: - Marengo, stephanievl, LadyLeana

Britain: TheTruth - jcbcode99

Brunei/Malaysia/Dubai/Morocco: Humera - Warren

Denmark: GlitteringTiaras - Jessrulz, Princess Robijn

Greece: Rhapsodybrat - Odette

Japan: Dragonsfire8, Al_bina

Jordan: Humera - Little_star, salma

Liechtenstein: HRH Kerry

Luxembourg: Jessrulz - grim_lady, kyansaunt20

Monaco: Iceflower - radker18,

Norway: Her_Majesty - Kikkib, Carlota

Spain: Paty - Lula

Sweden: Iceflower, HRH Kerry

The Netherlands: The Watcher, Marengo, Lucien

A special thanks goes out to Humera and Warren who also contributed pictures for Bukhara, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, and Turkey.

The poll will be open for three weeks. It will close on 27 March 2009. During these three weeks, we ask that no one state whom they've voted for so as not to influence other members as they make their choices. For the final week of the month, you can discuss as much as you'd like about which image you voted for and why.

Please note that the links in the above poll have been posted in random order and do not reflect the opinions of the moderating team.

A portrait of Queen Josefina in 1825 – Queen Josefina born as Joséphine of Leuchtenberg in Italy in 1807, was the Queen consort of Oscar I of Sweden and Norway. She was very popular both within the court and with the public and was involved in charity and reforms in Sweden. Her marriage that included the birth of 5 children was happy untill she found out about her husband's unfaithfulness. Josefina died in Stockholm in 1876.

Her Imperial Highness, Princess Neslişah Osmanoğlu is a granddaugther of the last Ottoman Caliph Abdülmecid II and the last Ottoman Sultan Mehmed VI. The Princess grew up in Nice, France after her family was exiled. She married Prince Muhammad Abdel Moneim of Egypt in 1940.

The Princely Family of Monaco - Prince Louis II of Monaco (center) poses with his daughter Princess Charlotte and her husband Prince Pierre and the two grandchildren Prince Rainier and Princess Antoinette in 1923/24.

Queen Zein al-Sharaf, wife of King Talal and mother of King Hussein of Jordan. The Queen played an integral part in the political development of her Kingdom, taking part in the writing of the 1952 Constitution which gave full rights to the women of Jordan and creating the first women's union in the country.

Well...It's pretty difficult to choice only one of those wonderful pics you posted, people! The "Historical poll" is actually more hard for me than modern polls ones! :biggrin: However, I've already decided. And for the first time, I think that the "Historical February poll" is related to my decission at the "contemporary" February poll. Of course I cannot said why I voted in such a why HERE...cause my choice will be known at once ! :whistling: So, just wait until the end...

Vanesa. :lol:

QUEENECE29

03-20-2009 06:48 AM

Was a difficult choice for me. I remained a long time between three photos.

logansrest

03-24-2009 07:10 PM

One photograph stood out head and shoulders for me :)

lucien

03-28-2009 03:18 AM

And the winner is.....:dutchstandard:!

Thank you all for your votes!:flowers:

The pic was/is very special to us in the light of the Juliana Commemoration Year,
as it is the 100th anniversary of her birth on april 30th.

Humera

03-29-2009 04:41 AM

Queen Soraya came in a close second. Iran and the Netherlands were tied for the longest time, I was wondering which one would make it to the top.